Describe the conservation of charge and Ohm’s laws and write them in vector calculus format.

Apply Ampere’s force law to calculate the force between constant currents of simple configurations.

Apply the Biot-Savart law to calculate the magnetic flux density caused by a simple current configuration.

Apply Ampere’s law to calculate the magnetic field produced by simple current configurations.

Identify the magnetostatic potential and flux.

Identify and list different magnetic materials.

List the boundary conditions for the magnetic field vectors on the interface of two different materials.

Calculate the inductance and resistance for simple actual physical devices.

Calculate the energy stored in a magnetostatic field.

Identify the time-varying Faraday and Ampere laws (quasi-statics).

Calculate the induction effects from time-varying magnetic fields.

Identify the Poynting vector and use it to calculate the power flow produced by electromagnetic fields.

Identify Maxwell’s equations in the frequency domain.

Identify the wave equation.

Explain the propagation of one dimensional plane waves in lossless and lossy materials.

List the various polarizations of uniform plane waves.

Calculate the reflection and transmission coefficients of uniform plane waves at planar interfaces.

Explain the propagation of signals along lossless and lossy transmission lines in the frequency and time domains.

Calculate the solutions of the one dimensional transmission line equations and the propagation characteristics of basic transmission line configurations.

Plot the voltage distribution vs. distance and time along a loaded transmission line.

Calculate the input impedance and standing wave pattern of a loaded transmission line.

Describe techniques for matching a loaded transmission line.

Design single-stub matching networks.

Describe the operation/principles of quarter-wave transformers

Course Topics:

Mathematical review and Maxwell’s equations

Transmission lines

Electrostatics

Magnetostatics, quasi-statics

Time-varying fields and Maxwell’s equations

Uniform plane waves

Radiation

Class/Laboratory Schedule:

Three 50 minute lecture sections per week

Approximately 3-4 homework problems per week (selected grading)

Three hour exams

Comprehensive Final Exam

Relationship to Student Outcomes:

a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering (High)

c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability (Low)